Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
500 Leva Not issued
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1951 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | 185 × 95 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Петстотин Лева Народна Република България (Translation: Five Hundred Leva People`s Republic of Bulgaria) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Петстотин Лева Българска Народна Банка Банкнотата е обеспечена с благородни метали и всички активи на банката За подправка виновните се наказват по закона (Translation: Five Hundred Leva Bulgarian National Bank The banknote is backed by precious metals and all the bank`s assets For forgery the guilty are punished according to the law) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Bulgaria's 1951 currency reform was Soviet-directed and sweeping — the entire prewar denomination structure was scrapped in favor of a tightly controlled socialist series. This 500 Leva was prepared as part of that series but never released; the reform's exchange rates and denomination ceilings meant the highest values were withdrawn before public issue. Goznak in Moscow printed the full run, consistent with Soviet practice of centralizing satellite-state banknote production in the early 1950s.
Unissued survivors exist in collector hands, but quantities are unknown.